Method for preventing lung diseases in smokers and non-smokers using antihypertensive drug
申请人:SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION
公开号:US11123335B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting lung diseases in smokers and non-smokers by blocking growth factor signaling using an antihypertensive drug, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing lung cancer or emphysema, which contains an antihypertensive drug as an active ingredient. The present invention suggests a novel use of an antihypertensive drug which is being used in clinics, to prevent lung diseases, and therefore, may be readily applied to early lung cancer or a lung cancer high-risk group, and particularly may exclude safety concerns accompanying clinical application of novel drugs, thereby increasing clinical applicability. In addition, enormous costs and time needed from development to clinical use of new drugs may be dramatically reduced.
本发明涉及一种通过使用抗高血压药物阻断生长因子信号转导来抑制吸烟者和非吸烟者肺部疾病的方法,更具体地说,涉及一种用于预防肺癌或肺气肿的药物组合物,该组合物含有抗高血压药物作为活性成分。本发明提出了一种抗高血压药物的新用途,这种药物目前已在临床上用于预防肺部疾病,因此,可以很容易地应用于早期肺癌或肺癌高危人群,特别是可以排除新型药物临床应用中的安全问题,从而提高临床适用性。此外,新药从研发到临床应用所需的巨额成本和时间也可能大大减少。